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Public Act 094-0629
Public Act 0629 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 094-0629 |
HB2578 Enrolled |
LRB094 07259 DRJ 37415 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to health.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act. | Section 5. Legislative finding. The General Assembly finds
| that HIV/AIDS in the African-American community is a crisis
| separate and apart from the overall issue of HIV/AIDS in other
| communities.
| Section 10. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Officer. An | African-American HIV/AIDS Response Officer, responsible for | coordinating efforts to address the African-American AIDS | crisis within his or her respective Office or Department and | serving as a liaison to governmental and non-governmental | entities beyond his or her respective Office or Department | regarding the same, shall be designated in each of the | following:
| (1) The Office of the Governor.
| (2) The Department of Human Services.
| (3) The Department of Public Health.
| (4) The Department of Corrections.
| Section 15. State agencies; HIV testing. | (a) In this Section:
| "High-risk community" means a community designated as | high-risk by the Department of Public Health in rules.
| "High-traffic facility" means a high-traffic facility as | defined by the State agency operating the facility.
| "State agency" means (i) any department of State government | created under Section 5-15 of the Departments of State | Government Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois or |
| (ii) the Office of the Secretary of State.
| (b) The Department of Public Health shall coordinate the | response to HIV/AIDS in the African-American community. | (c) A State agency that operates a facility that (i) is | accessible to the public, (ii) is a high-traffic facility, and | (iii) serves a high-risk community must provide the following | in each such facility where space and security reasonably | permit:
space for free HIV counseling and antibody testing to a | community-based organization licensed to do testing, in | accordance with the AIDS Confidentiality Act and rules adopted | by the Department of Public Health.
The State agency or its | employees shall not conduct any counseling or testing required | to be provided under this subsection, but the agency shall make | appropriate arrangements with one or more certified | community-based organizations to conduct the counseling or | testing. The testing required to be provided under this | subsection is the rapid testing authorized under Section 5.5 of | the AIDS Confidentiality Act. | (d) Neither the State of Illinois nor any State agency | supplying space for services authorized by this Section shall | be liable for damages based on the provision of such space or | claimed to result from any services performed in such space, | except that this immunity does not apply in the case of willful | and wanton misconduct. | Section 20. Study. The Illinois HIV/AIDS Policy and | Research Institute at Chicago State University shall conduct a | study to determine whether there is a correlation between | incarceration and HIV infection. | Section 25. HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel. | (a) The HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel is established | within the Office of the Governor. The Panel shall consist of | the following members: | (1) One member appointed by the Governor. This member | shall serve as the Chair of the Panel. |
| (2) One representative of each of the following, | appointed by the head of the department: the Department of | Corrections; the Department of Human Services; and the | Department of Public Health. | (3) Two ex-offenders who are familiar with the issue of | HIV/AIDS as it relates to incarceration, appointed by | Governor. One of these members must be from Cook County, | and the other must be from a county other than Cook. Both | of these members must have received a final discharge from | the Department of Corrections. | (4) Three representatives of HIV/AIDS organizations | that have been in business for at least 2 years, appointed | by Governor. In the case of such an organization that | represents a constituency the majority of whom are | African-American, the organization's representative who is | a member of the Panel must be African-American. | (b) The Panel shall review the implementation of this Act | within the Department of Corrections and shall file a report | with the General Assembly and with the Governor every January 1 | stating the results of its review. | Section 30. Rules. | (a) No later than March 15, 2006, the Department of Public | Health shall issue proposed rules for designating high-risk | communities and for implementing subsection (c) of Section 15. | The rules must include, but may not be limited to, a standard | testing protocol, training for staff, community-based | organization experience, and the removal and proper disposal of | hazardous waste. | (b) The Department of Human Services, the Department of | Public Health, and the Department of Corrections shall adopt | rules as necessary to ensure that this Act is implemented | within 6 months after the effective date of this Act. | Section 35. Implementation subject to appropriation. | Implementation of this Act is subject to appropriation. |
| Section 90. The Department of Public Health Powers and | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | amended by adding Section 2310-321 as follows: | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-321 new) | Sec. 2310-321. Information for persons committed to the | Department of Corrections and persons confined in a county | jail. On the Department's official Web site, the Department | shall provide Web-friendly and printer-friendly versions of | educational materials targeted to persons presently or | previously committed to the Department of Corrections or | confined in a county jail, as well as family members and | friends of such persons. The information shall include | information concerning testing, counseling, and case | management, including referrals and support services, in | connection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other
| identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency | syndrome (AIDS). Implementation of this Section is subject to | appropriation. | Section 92. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | changing Sections 5-2 and 9A-4 and by adding Section 5-5.04 as | follows:
| (305 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
| Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance | under this
Article shall be available to any of the following | classes of persons in
respect to whom a plan for coverage has | been submitted to the Governor
by the Illinois Department and | approved by him:
| 1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under Articles | III and IV.
| 2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance under | Articles
III and IV but who fail to qualify thereunder on the | basis of need, and
who have insufficient income and resources |
| to meet the costs of
necessary medical care, including but not | limited to the following:
| (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic | maintenance under Article
III but who fail to qualify under | that Article on the basis of need and who
meet either of | the following requirements:
| (i) their income, as determined by the Illinois | Department in
accordance with any federal | requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in
fiscal | year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in fiscal year | 2002 and until
a date to be determined by the | Department by rule, and equal to or less
than 100% | beginning on the date determined by the Department by | rule, of the nonfarm income official poverty
line, as | defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget | and revised
annually in accordance with Section 673(2) | of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1981, | applicable to families of the same size; or
| (ii) their income, after the deduction of costs | incurred for medical
care and for other types of | remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in
fiscal | year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in fiscal year | 2002 and until
a date to be determined by the | Department by rule, and equal to or less
than 100% | beginning on the date determined by the Department by | rule, of the nonfarm income official poverty
line, as | defined in item (i) of this subparagraph (a).
| (b) All persons who would be determined eligible for | such basic
maintenance under Article IV by disregarding the | maximum earned income
permitted by federal law.
| 3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the | Medically
Indigent under Article VII.
| 4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding | paragraphs who fall
sick, are injured, or die, not having | sufficient money, property or other
resources to meet the costs | of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
expenses.
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| 5. (a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact
of pregnancy | has been determined by medical diagnosis, and during the
| 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy, | together with
their infants and children born after | September 30, 1983,
whose income and
resources are | insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
| the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the
Federal | Social Security Act.
| (b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall | provide a plan for
coverage of the persons eligible under | paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such
plan shall provide | ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
| presumptive eligibility period and establish an income | eligibility standard
that is equal to 133%
of the nonfarm | income official poverty line, as defined by
the federal | Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
| accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget | Reconciliation Act of
1981, applicable to families of the | same size, provided that costs incurred
for medical care | are not taken into account in determining such income
| eligibility.
| (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a | demonstration in at least one
county that will provide | medical assistance to pregnant women, together
with their | infants and children up to one year of age,
where the | income
eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the | nonfarm income official
poverty line, as defined by the | federal Office of Management and Budget.
The Illinois | Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
| provided under federal law to implement such a | demonstration. Such
demonstration may establish resource | standards that are not more
restrictive than those | established under Article IV of this Code.
| 6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as | dependent under
Article IV and who have insufficient income and | resources to meet the costs
of necessary medical care to the |
| maximum extent permitted under Title XIX
of the Federal Social | Security Act.
| 7. Persons who are under 21 years of age and would
qualify | as
disabled as defined under the Federal Supplemental Security | Income Program,
provided medical service for such persons would | be eligible for Federal
Financial Participation, and provided | the Illinois Department determines that:
| (a) the person requires a level of care provided by a | hospital, skilled
nursing facility, or intermediate care | facility, as determined by a physician
licensed to practice | medicine in all its branches;
| (b) it is appropriate to provide such care outside of | an institution, as
determined by a physician licensed to | practice medicine in all its branches;
| (c) the estimated amount which would be expended for | care outside the
institution is not greater than the | estimated amount which would be
expended in an institution.
| 8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance | assistance
under Article IV of this Code in programs | administered by the Illinois
Department due to employment | earnings and persons in
assistance units comprised of adults | and children who become ineligible for
basic maintenance | assistance under Article VI of this Code due to
employment | earnings. The plan for coverage for this class of persons | shall:
| (a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up to 12 | months following
termination of basic maintenance | assistance; and
| (b) offer persons who have initially received 6 months | of the
coverage provided in paragraph (a) above, the option | of receiving an
additional 6 months of coverage, subject to | the following:
| (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to provisions | of the federal
Social Security Act;
| (ii) such coverage shall include all services | covered while the person
was eligible for basic |
| maintenance assistance;
| (iii) no premium shall be charged for such | coverage; and
| (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the event | of a person's
failure without good cause to file in a | timely fashion reports required for
this coverage | under the Social Security Act and coverage shall be | reinstated
upon the filing of such reports if the | person remains otherwise eligible.
| 9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | or with
AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom there has | been a determination
that but for home or community-based | services such individuals would
require the level of care | provided in an inpatient hospital, skilled
nursing facility or | intermediate care facility the cost of which is
reimbursed | under this Article. Assistance shall be provided to such
| persons to the maximum extent permitted under Title
XIX of the | Federal Social Security Act.
| 10. Participants in the long-term care insurance | partnership program
established under the Partnership for | Long-Term Care Act who meet the
qualifications for protection | of resources described in Section 25 of that
Act.
| 11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and eligible | for Medicaid,
pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of | the Social Security Act, as
provided by the Illinois Department | by rule.
| 12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are eligible | for medical
assistance coverage under applicable provisions of | the federal Social Security
Act and the federal Breast and | Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of
2000. Those | eligible persons are defined to include, but not be limited to,
| the following persons:
| (1) persons who have been screened for breast or | cervical cancer under
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control | and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
Program | established under Title XV of the federal Public Health |
| Services Act in
accordance with the requirements of Section | 1504 of that Act as administered by
the Illinois Department | of Public Health; and
| (2) persons whose screenings under the above program | were funded in whole
or in part by funds appropriated to | the Illinois Department of Public Health
for breast or | cervical cancer screening.
| "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be identical | to the benefits
provided under the State's approved plan under | Title XIX of the Social Security
Act. The Department must | request federal approval of the coverage under this
paragraph | 12 within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory | Act of
the 92nd General Assembly.
| 13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval, | persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible | under this Article and who qualify for services covered under | Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department by rule.
| The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a | plan for
coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as | soon as possible after
July 1, 1984.
| The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance | under this
Article is not affected by the payment of any grant | under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | Relief and Pharmaceutical
Assistance Act or any distributions | or items of income described under
subparagraph (X) of
| paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois | Income Tax
Act. The Department shall by rule establish the | amounts of
assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility | for medical assistance,
which shall at a minimum equal the | amounts to be disregarded under the
Federal Supplemental | Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a
single | person to be disregarded
shall not be less than $2,000, and the | amount of assets of a married couple
to be disregarded shall | not be less than $3,000.
| To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found | guilty of a
second violation of Article VIIIA
shall be |
| ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as | provided
in Section 8A-8.
| The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under | this Article
shall not be affected by the receipt by the person | of donations or benefits
from fundraisers held for the person | in cases of serious illness,
as long as neither the person nor | members of the person's family
have actual control over the | donations or benefits or the disbursement
of the donations or | benefits.
| (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-47, eff. 7-3-01; 92-597, | eff. 6-28-02;
93-20, eff. 6-20-03.)
| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.04 new) | Sec. 5-5.04. Persons living with HIV/AIDS. The Department | of Public Aid may seek federal approval to expand access to | health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Implementation of | this Section is subject to appropriation.
| (305 ILCS 5/9A-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 9A-4)
| Sec. 9A-4. Participation.
| (a) Except for those exempted under subsection (b) below, | and to the
extent resources permit, the Illinois Department as | a condition of
eligibility for public aid, may, as provided by | rule, require all
recipients to participate in an education, | training, and employment
program, which shall include | accepting suitable employment and refraining
from terminating | employment or reducing earnings without good cause.
| (b) Recipients shall be exempt from the requirement of
| participation in the education, training, and employment | program
in the following circumstances:
| (1)
The recipient is a person over age 60; or
| (2)
The recipient is a person with a child under age | one.
| Recipients are entitled to request a reasonable | modification to the requirement of participation in the | education, training and employment program in order to |
| accommodate a qualified individual with a disability as defined | by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Requests for a | reasonable modification shall be evaluated on a case-by-case | functional basis by designated staff based on Department rule. | All such requests shall be monitored as part of the agency's | quality assurance process or processes to attest to the | expediency with which such requests are addressed. | Implementation of the changes made to this Section by this | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly is subject to | appropriation.
| (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
| Section 94. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | changing Sections 3-6-2, 3-7-2, 3-8-2, and 3-10-2 and by adding | Section 3-2-11 as follows: | (730 ILCS 5/3-2-11 new)
| Sec. 3-2-11. Web link to Department of Public Health | information. On the Department's official Web site, the | Department shall provide a link to the information provided to | persons committed to the Department and those persons' family | members and friends by the Department of Public Health pursuant | to Section 2310-321 of the Department of Public Health Powers | and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | Implementation of this Section is subject to appropriation. | (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2) | Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.
| (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall | be
administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
| the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
| responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
| facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
| the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment
of | such persons.
| (b) The chief administrative officer shall have such |
| assistants
as the Department may assign.
| (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
| emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
| formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
| correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
| subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
| facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
| State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers
| thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
| be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
| be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of
1987. | This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
| Human Services which are provided for under
Section 3-8-5 or | Section 3-10-5.
| (d) The Department shall provide educational programs for | all
committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity | to
attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
| the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
| Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
| professional instruction shall be maintained wherever | possible.
The Department may establish programs of mandatory | education and may
establish rules and regulations for the | administration of such programs.
A person committed to the | Department who, during the period of his or her
incarceration, | participates in an educational program provided by or through
| the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the | number of
hours of credit required for the award of an | associate, baccalaureate, or
higher degree from a community | college, college, or university located in
Illinois shall | reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
| incurred by the State in providing that person during his or | her incarceration
with the education that qualifies him or her | for the award of that degree. The
costs for which reimbursement | is required under this subsection shall be
determined and | computed by the Department under rules and regulations that
it | shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate |
| of 6%
per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs | from time to time
remaining unpaid, from the date of the | person's parole, mandatory supervised
release, or release | constituting a final termination of his or her commitment
to | the Department until paid.
| (d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to | confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency | virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing, | with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to | the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV | is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and | referrals to support services, in connection with that positive | test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject | to appropriation.
| (e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in | need
of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of | giving
consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical | treatment
by the chief administrative officer consenting on the | person's behalf.
Before the chief administrative officer | consents, he or she shall
obtain the advice of one or more | physicians licensed to practice medicine
in all its branches in | this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
| (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is | required
relative to a condition threatening to cause | death, damage or
impairment to bodily functions, or | disfigurement; and
| (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to | such treatment;
the chief administrative officer may give | consent for such
medical or surgical treatment, and such | consent shall be
deemed to be the consent of the person for | all purposes,
including, but not limited to, the authority | of a physician
to give such treatment. | (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed | person on behalf of the Department advises the chief | administrative officer that the committed person's mental or | physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation |
| of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or | surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or | impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative | officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
| (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
| treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
| the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
| by the Department.
The Department shall require the committed | person receiving medical or dental
services on a non-emergency | basis to pay a $2 co-payment to the Department for
each visit | for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment | shall be deducted from the
committed person's individual | account.
A committed person who has a chronic illness, as | defined by Department rules
and regulations, shall be exempt | from the $2 co-payment for treatment of the
chronic illness. A | committed person shall not be subject to a $2 co-payment
for | follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or | contracts
with, the Department. A committed person who is | indigent is exempt from the
$2 co-payment
and is entitled to | receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
| committed person who is financially able to afford the | co-payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this | subsection (f) to the contrary,
any person committed to any | facility operated by the Juvenile Division, as set
forth in | subsection (b) of Section 3-2-5 of this Code, is exempt from | the
co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in | those facilities.
| (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at
the time | of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after
her | commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children
and | Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside
of | the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
| of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
| the child should continue in the custody of the mother until | the
child is 6 years old.
| (h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility |
| Services which
may consist of, but not be limited to the | following:
| (1) family advocacy counseling;
| (2) parent self-help group;
| (3) parenting skills training;
| (4) parent and child overnight program;
| (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either | separately or
together, preceding the inmate's release; | and
| (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the | family advocate,
the inmate and the child's counselor, or | both and the inmate.
| (i) Prior to the release of any inmate who has a documented | history
of intravenous drug use, and upon the receipt of that | inmate's written
informed consent, the Department shall | provide for the testing of such
inmate for infection with human | immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any other
identified | causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). | The
testing provided under this subsection shall consist of an | enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or such other | test as may be approved by
the Illinois Department of Public | Health. If the test result is positive,
the Western Blot Assay | or more reliable confirmatory test shall be
administered. All | inmates tested in accordance with the provisions of this
| subsection shall be provided with pre-test and post-test | counseling.
Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection | to the contrary, the
Department shall not be required to | conduct the testing and counseling
required by this subsection | unless sufficient funds to cover all costs of
such testing and | counseling are appropriated for that
purpose by the General | Assembly.
| (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the | Sex Offender
Management Board Act shall be required to receive | a sex offender evaluation
prior to release into the community | from the Department of Corrections. The
sex offender evaluation | shall be conducted in conformance with the standards
and |
| guidelines developed under
the Sex Offender Management Board | Act and by an evaluator approved by the
Board.
| (k) Any minor committed to the Department of | Corrections-Juvenile Division
for a sex offense as defined by | the Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be
required to | undergo sex offender treatment by a treatment provider approved | by
the Board and conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender | Management Board
Act.
| (l) Prior to the release of any inmate, the Department must | provide the inmate with the option of testing for infection | with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as counseling | in connection with such testing, with no copayment for the | test. At the same time, the Department shall require each such | inmate to sign a form stating that the inmate has been informed | of his or her rights with respect to the testing required to be | offered under this subsection (l) and providing the inmate with | an opportunity to indicate either that he or she wants to be | tested or that he or she does not want to be tested. The | Department, in consultation with the Department of Public | Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The
testing | provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of an | enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other | test approved by
the Department of Public Health. If the test | result is positive,
the Western Blot Assay or more reliable | confirmatory test shall be
administered. | Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows | has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a | timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case | management, including referrals to other support services.
| Implementation of this subsection (l) is subject to | appropriation.
| (Source: P.A. 92-292, eff. 8-9-01; 93-616, eff. 1-1-04; 93-928, | eff. 1-1-05.)
| (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)
| Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.
|
| (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | provide
every committed person with access to toilet | facilities, barber
facilities, bathing facilities at least | once each week, a library of
legal materials and published | materials including newspapers and magazines
approved by the | Director. A committed person may not receive any materials
that | the Director deems pornographic.
| (b) (Blank).
| (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | provide
facilities for every committed person to leave his cell | for at least one
hour each day unless the chief administrative | officer determines that it
would be harmful or dangerous to the | security or safety of the
institution or facility.
| (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | provide
every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional | diet at
regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing | adequate for the
season, bedding, soap and towels and medical | and dental care.
| (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | permit
every committed person to send and receive an unlimited | number of
uncensored letters, provided, however, that the | Director may order that
mail be inspected and read for reasons | of the security, safety or morale
of the institution or | facility.
| (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the | Department shall
permit every committed person to receive | visitors, except in case of
abuse of the visiting privilege or | when the chief administrative officer
determines that such | visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
security, safety | or morale of the institution or facility.
The chief | administrative officer shall have the right to restrict | visitation
to non-contact visits for reasons of safety, | security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting | contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.
| No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on | disciplinary
segregation is allowed contact visits. Any |
| committed person found in
possession of illegal drugs or who | fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a | period of at least 6 months. Any committed person
involved in | gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
| Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a | period of at
least 6 months. The Department shall offer every | visitor appropriate written information concerning HIV and | AIDS, including information concerning how to contact the | Illinois Department of Public Health for counseling | information. The Department shall develop the written | materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health. | The Department shall ensure that all such information and | materials are culturally sensitive and reflect cultural | diversity as appropriate. Implementation of the changes made to | this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General | Assembly is subject to appropriation.
| (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | permit
religious ministrations and sacraments to be available | to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services | shall not be
required.
| (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department | shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any | other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the | line of vision into a committed person's
cell.
| (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)
| (730 ILCS 5/3-8-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-2)
| Sec. 3-8-2. Social Evaluation ; physical examination; | HIV/AIDS . (a) A social evaluation shall be made of a
committed | person's medical, psychological, educational and vocational | condition
and history, including the use of alcohol and other | drugs, the
circumstances of his offense, and such other | information as the Department
may determine. The committed | person shall be assigned to an institution or
facility in so | far as practicable in accordance with the social evaluation.
| Recommendations shall be made for medical, dental, |
| psychiatric,
psychological and social service treatment.
| (b) A record of the social evaluation shall be entered in | the committed
person's master record file and shall be | forwarded to the institution or
facility to which the person is | assigned.
| (c) Upon admission to a correctional institution each | committed person
shall be given a physical examination. If he | is suspected of having a
communicable disease that in the | judgment of the Department medical
personnel requires medical | isolation, the committed person shall remain in
medical | isolation until it is no longer deemed medically necessary. | (d) Upon arrival at an inmate's final destination, the | Department must provide the committed person with appropriate | written information and counseling concerning HIV and AIDS. The | Department shall develop the written materials in consultation | with the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the | Department also must offer the
committed person the option of | being tested, with no copayment, for infection with human | immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Department shall require | each committed person to sign a form stating that the committed | person has been informed of his or her rights with respect to | the testing required to be offered under this subsection (d) | and providing the committed person with an opportunity to | indicate either that he or she wants to be tested or that he or | she does not want to be tested. The Department, in consultation | with the Department of Public Health, shall prescribe the | contents of the form. The
testing provided under this | subsection (d) shall consist of an enzyme-linked
immunosorbent | assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by
the Department | of Public Health. If the test result is positive,
the Western | Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory test shall be
| administered. Implementation of this subsection (d) is subject | to appropriation.
| (Source: P.A. 87-1256.)
| (730 ILCS 5/3-10-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-2)
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| Sec. 3-10-2. Examination of Persons Committed to the | Juvenile Division.
| (a) A person committed to the Juvenile Division shall be | examined in
regard to his medical, psychological, social, | educational and vocational
condition and history, including | the use of alcohol and other drugs,
the circumstances of his | offense and any other
information as the Department may | determine.
| (a-5) Upon admission of a person committed to the Juvenile | Division, the Department must provide the person with | appropriate written information and counseling concerning HIV | and AIDS. The Department shall develop the written materials in | consultation with the Department of Public Health. At the same | time, the Department also must offer the person the option of | being tested, at no charge to the person, for infection with | human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other identified | causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). | The Department shall require each person committed to the | Juvenile Division to sign a form stating that the person has | been informed of his or her rights with respect to the testing | required to be offered under this subsection (a-5) and | providing the person with an opportunity to indicate either | that he or she wants to be tested or that he or she does not | want to be tested. The Department, in consultation with the | Department of Public Health, shall prescribe the contents of | the form. The testing provided under this subsection (a-5) | shall consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) | test or any other test approved by the Department of Public | Health. If the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay | or more reliable confirmatory test shall be administered. | Also upon admission of a person committed to the Juvenile | Division, the Department must inform the person of the | Department's obligation to provide the person with medical | care.
| Implementation of this subsection (a-5) is subject to | appropriation.
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| (b) Based on its examination, the Department may exercise | the following
powers in developing a treatment program of any | person committed to the
Juvenile Division:
| (1) Require participation by him in vocational, | physical, educational
and corrective training and | activities to return him to the community.
| (2) Place him in any institution or facility of the | Juvenile Division.
| (3) Order replacement or referral to the Parole and | Pardon Board as
often as it deems desirable. The Department | shall refer the person to the
Parole and Pardon Board as | required under Section 3-3-4.
| (4) Enter into agreements with the Secretary of Human | Services and
the Director of Children and Family
Services, | with courts having probation officers, and with private | agencies
or institutions for separate care or special | treatment of persons subject
to the control of the | Department.
| (c) The Department shall make periodic reexamination of all | persons
under the control of the Juvenile Division to determine | whether existing
orders in individual cases should be modified | or continued. This
examination shall be made with respect to | every person at least once
annually.
| (d) A record of the treatment decision including any | modification
thereof and the reason therefor, shall be part of | the committed person's
master record file.
| (e) The Department shall by certified mail, return receipt | requested,
notify the parent, guardian or nearest relative of | any person committed to
the Juvenile Division of his physical | location and any change thereof.
| (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
| Section 95. The County Jail Act is amended by adding | Section 17.10 as follows: | (730 ILCS 125/17.10 new) |
| Sec. 17.10. Requirements in connection with HIV/AIDS. | (a) In each county other than Cook, during the medical | admissions exam, the warden of the jail, a correctional officer | at the jail, or a member of the jail medical staff must provide | the prisoner with appropriate written information concerning | human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Department of Public | Health and community-based organizations certified to provide | HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to | the warden at no cost to the county. The warden, a correctional | officer, or a member of the jail medical staff must inform the | prisoner of the option of being tested for infection with HIV | by a certified local community-based agency or other available | medical provider at no charge to the prisoner. | (b) In Cook County, during the medical admissions exam, an | employee of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services must | provide the prisoner with appropriate written information | concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and must also provide the | prisoner with option of testing for infection with HIV or any | other identified causative agent of AIDS, as well as counseling | in connection with such testing. The Department of Public | Health and community-based organizations certified to provide | HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to | the Bureau at no cost to the county. The
testing provided under | this subsection (b) shall be conducted by the Cook County | Bureau of Health Services and shall consist of an enzyme-linked
| immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by
| the Department of Public Health. If the test result is | positive,
the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory | test shall be
administered. | (c) In each county, the warden of the jail must make | appropriate written information concerning HIV/AIDS available | to every visitor to the jail. This information must include | information concerning persons or entities to contact for local | counseling and testing. The Department of Public Health and |
| community-based organizations certified to provide HIV/AIDS | testing must provide these informational materials to the | warden at no cost to the office of the county sheriff. | (d) Implementation of this Section is subject to | appropriation.
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 1, 2006. |
Effective Date: 1/1/2006
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